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He was the heat of a fire and the sweetness of the moon I'd only just met.

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Ann Aguirre
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 27
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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the United States of America
Ellen Connor
Ava Gray
Mets
Moon
Fire
Sweetness
Heat

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